Not much to report these days. When I don’t have anything to talk about, a list seems to help…

1. Susan took the boys to eat lunch yesterday at the “firehouse” aka Firehouse Subs and they thought that was about the best thing ever with the dalmatian tables, fireman murals on the walls, and real fireman coats hanging around.  Bonus – kids eat free on Tuesdays! Free grilled cheese and real fireman decor?  What could be better?!

2. On Sunday, when Maxwell skipped his nap, Robert took him to a parking lot to drive his fire truck and he looooved it!

After that, they took it over by the elementary school and, as Robert said, the firetruck was like a moth to a flame!  Maxwell had more than a few inquiring little boys walking up to his firetruck and he even gave one little boy a ride!

3. Spencer is still not talking.  Not even one word and he’s 16.5 months.  I’m trying not to worry (it’s not working). The good thing is that he babbles constantly and communicates with pointing, gestures, etc. and clearly understands directions.  But I just want one little word.  Even an animal sound would do!  Come on, Spencey – gimme a moo!!

4. Work has been crazy lately – good (a raise! yay!) and bad (colleagues resigning = more work for me).  Still so glad I get to do this job from home.

5. Robert and I are going bowling tonight!  woohoo! Maxwell is getting his favorite babysitter, Abby, to come over tonight! woohoo!

6. We took the boys to church on Sunday and they looked so cute in their church clothes.

I mean, super cute.

7. I made this for dinner last night and it was really good.

8. I make pizza a lot and my fave dough recipe is this one by Pioneer Woman but I’m always on the lookout for a good whole wheat version. I’ve tried several and haven’t been knocked out yet.  But, this one looks promising and I’m going to try it soon.  I’ll report back.

9. Maxwell is really into Jake and the Neverland Pirates lately and last night we were acting out Jake on the bed.  Maxwell was Jake, Robert was Captain Hook, Spencer was cubby and I was “Twinkle-bell”.  the cutest.

10. When it’s too cold to play outside and you need some inside entertainment for little boys, build a fort.  Works every time!

A boring blog post with a list is better than just a plain boring blog post, right?!  🙂  See you tomorrow!

Why, yes, I DO have more pictures from the tot lot.  You never get sick of pictures that I take at the tot lot?  Great, you’re in luck.  🙂

Catch!

Oh, wait, you’re actually tired of seeing pictures from the tot lot?  Oh well.  You’re outta luck.  #sorrynotsorry

Peekaboo!

I’ll try to do better about getting some pictures from someplace other than the tot lot or our backyard.  But, how can you not like tot lot pictures when you get to see a picture like this showing how happy Spencer is to be on the tire swing with big brother?

So happy…until about 2 seconds later when he fell through the middle of the tire and belly flopped onto the ground.  What did he do?  Just got up with bark chips stuck to his face and carried on!  He’s tough as nails, this kid!

Finally, we cant leave the tot lot without swinging and as much as I love all of our “perfect” swing pictures, I love these funny ones just as much…

ha!  Have a great day!

We had a gorgeous, spring-like weekend here and I loved every second of it.  We soaked up the sun and warm temps and spent as much time as possible outside.  I even let Maxwell skip his nap on Sunday on the condition that he play outside the entire time…I just couldn’t make him go to bed and miss the beautiful weather.

We didn’t do anything particularly exciting or interesting.  We went to the tot lot – twice.  We played in the sand table.  We made pizza at home.  It was mundane…and wonderful.

I often find myself so focused on what’s next – when are we going to get a bigger house, time to travel, more of this, more of that.  But, this weekend I had a moment where I just so clearly realized that, this is it. This is what it’s all about. This exhausting time when our babies are little, this is it and someday, very soon, I will miss this.  I will miss these sunny days in the backyard when our boys want to play with no one else but us.  I will miss these days when Maxwell can barely throw a football and definitely can’t catch one.  I will miss these days when Spencer is bobbling unsteadily around our sloping backyard, desperately trying to keep up with big brother and belly laughing all the way.  I will miss these days so I need to appreciate them.

I know there will be exciting days and big events in my boys’ lives, but I hope these mundane days in the backyard stick in their minds too.

I know they will stick in mine.

Have a great week!

Maxwell officially has a new second in command…

This past weekend, Spencer got in on the firefighting fun for the first time and he was pushing that fire truck around just as fast as his little legs would let him!

He also LOVED wearing the hat… (blurry pic but look how happy!)

Love seeing these two play happily together…

The firetruck fun continues!

See ya tomorrow – we’re off to an emergency!